Shock-protector.



J. M. BAKER. sHooK PROTECTOR.'

APPLIDATION FILED JUNE 20, 1908.

91 5,927. Patented Mgr. 23, 1909.

wi tn exec .fgpnrin BAKER, or TAaBoRofiIoRTH cARoLiNA.

' SHOCK-PROTECTOR.

Y `specificati-,ion of Letters Pat-eht.

Patented March 28, 1909.

Application filed .Tune 20, 1908. Serial No. 439,618.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN M. BAKER, `a citizen of the United States,residing at Tarboro, in the `county of Edgecombe and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Shock-Protector, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a shock protector and consists of the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a protector of sim leconstruction which is adapted to shie d a shock against the Weather andthe ravages of birds, etc., and at the same time to hold the material ofwhich the shock is composed in such a position as to facilitate thecuring of the said material in consequence of exposing the same at oneor more levels to the air.

The invention consists primarily of a pole which is placed in the middleof the shock,

or about which the shock is built, and one orl more scalfolds arearranged to be attached to the said pole at different elevations.

The material of which the shock is built is deposited upon the saidscaffold and as the said material shrinks the material below onescaoldwill become spaced from' thel material above whereby air may enterinto the shock, and have the effect of curing the material. A cap orcover of peculiar construction and confi uration is provided for the topof the shoczlr and is adapted4 to be attached to the upper end ortion ofthe shock or stack pole. The sai cap or cover may be made of any desiredmaterial such as sheet iron, tin, paper, etc.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a sho ck,with the protector, and parts thereof broken away.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the scaffolds. Fig. 3 is a planview of the cap.

The device consists of the pole 1, which is inserted at its lower end inthe ground. series of scaffolds 2 is provided and the nails or otherdevices 3 are driven into the side ofthe pole l and are adapted tosupport the scaffold 2. This scaffold consists of three beams or timbers4, which are secured together in triangular relation as shown in Fig. 2in such manner as to provide the middle open space 5. This open s ace 5is adapted to receive the pole 1 and t e -intermediate portions of thesaid beams 4, are adapted to rest upon the pins 3, whereby the scaffoldsare supported at different elevations along the pole 1. The hay, vine orother material to be protected andcured vis placedupon the scaffold 2,and about the center pole l in the usual manner. The lower scaffold 2,is placed a few inches above the surface of the ground and is adaptj edto hold the material off of the ground so that air may pass under theentire shock. As

the material shrinks in consequence of its drying out, the material under the upper scaffold 2 will descend, thereby leaving an air spacebetween the up erand lower portions of the shock which wid prevent theshock from be coming heated at its middle. The cap 6 is adapted to beapplied to the upper end portion of the pole l and is adapted to restupon the top ofthe material which constitutes the shock. This is madefrom suitable material and is provided with a central opening orperforation 7. The material of which the cap is composed is cut from theperforation 7 to the edge thereof along the dotted line S as indicatedin Fig. 3 of the drawings. The material at'one edge of the said incisionis bent back forming the iiange 9, while atthe other edge of the saidincision the material is bent back forming the locking fiange l() andthe flap 11. The flange 10 is out of parallel relation with the flange9, and consequently when the flange l() is interlocked with the flange 9the cap 6 assumes a conical shape or the ca may be held in conical shapeby other suitab e means which means may depend upon the materialofvwhich the cap is formed. After the ca 6 is placed in position uponthe top of the s ook as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, a wisp 12 ofthe material of which the'shock is composed is tied about the upper endportion of the center pole l and over the perforations 7 in the said ca6, whereby the said perforation is eectual y closed against moistureetc.

It will be seen that the parts when arranged as shown in Fig. l in thedrawings will protect the shock from the Weather, and at the same timewill hold the materials in such relation that it will quickly cure andbe preserved in a wholesome state. Also the cap 6 will protect the shockfrom the ravages of birds etc.

Having described my invention what I claim vas new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is v 1. A shock protector comprising a central pole,scaffolds surrounding the pole and being disposed at differentelevations, a cap arranged to be applied to the upper portionnf.. torest. upon the. `materiel.-of.' which the shock ismoni'p'osl, "and'nien-n the pole .and

carried by the pole for supporting the: snai folds.

Q A .shoe-li. protector eoniprising :t center pole, seaffolds mountedvthereon, a. cap adapted to rest upon the upper' portion of thelStripilnaterial having a perforation for the ieeeption. of.' thepolemici en incision leading 'from'Sziid'prfratiii to therth,efini-iteriel at the sid es of said incision being ,Y bent back intoanges norinalh7 out of pnrnllel relation and one ilange havingitsextreine end portion terlninating` in :i i'lnp which is afdeptedftolieunder the material ol'v which the l oep is composed at the sidethereof which is provided with theotherflange.

In testimony that I claim: the 1km-@going ne my own7 I have hereto:iHixed my signature inthe presence oi two Witnesses.

JU L1A-N M. BAKER. Witnesses ED. PENNINGTON,

H. TAYLOR.

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